Telling Yourself the Truth Book

The message of this book is a really good one, and one that should be commonsense but sadly isn't. However, I can see the book itself causing a lot of discouragement for most of its readers for several reasons. First; the author states that the book is written in "everyday language" so that people from all backgrounds and reading levels can understand it, but there are words, phrases, even whole paragraphs that the average reader would struggle with. Second; when the author is using "everyday language" the tone is very condescending, the whole book made me feel as though I was being talked down to. Third; I felt as though I was being force fed, or even beaten over the head with, the Bible. I am a Christian, and this book could make even the most devout of believers question the strength of their relationship with God. Fourth; use of pharmaceutical aids is discouraged, even treated as though taking medication was sinful. I don't think meds are for everyone, for most it would be a scapegoat, but I'm afraid this book would discourage those who genuinely need certain drugs not to pursue the help they need. Finally; (and this is my biggest problem) the course of action suggested is made to sound so simple, so easy, that with a snap of the fingers anyone can do it; when in fact anything of this nature takes time and effort. None of the problems the book addresses has a quick fix and if an ill person read this book and then found the program harder to work than it is portrayed a major damage could be done.